Tulsa 63, Rice 28

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Team Stat Comparison
1st Downs	30	31
Total Yards	453	577
Passing	350	191
Rushing	103	386
Penalties	4-46	5-45
3rd Down Conversions	10-16	6-12
4th Down Conversions	0-1	1-3
Turnovers	4	1
Possession	29:50	30:10

Air/Ground Leaders
Rice Passing   C/ATT YDS TD INT Clement 22/42 321 2 1 Shepherd 2/3 27 0 0	Tulsa Passing   C/ATT YDS TD INT Johnson 13/25 177 4 1 Bower 1/1 14 0 0
Rice Rushing   CAR YDS TD LG Clement 15 40 0 14 Casey 10 31 1 11	Tulsa Rushing   CAR YDS TD LG Adams 23 112 0 22 Opeseyitan 10 94 1 35
Rice Receiving   REC YDS TD LG Dillard 7 142 1 36 Casey 9 120 1 29	Tulsa Receiving   REC YDS TD LG Marion 4 76 1 43 Johnson 4 59 1 20

Scoring Summary
FIRST QUARTER				RICE	TLSA
	TD	07:27	A.J. Whitmore 15 Yd Run (Jarod Tracy Kick)	0	7
	TD	02:00	James Casey 2 Yd Run (Clark Fangmeier Kick)	7	7
SECOND QUARTER				RICE	TLSA
	TD	14:06	Brennan Marion 7 Yd Pass From David Johnson (Jarod Tracy Kick)	7	14
	TD	03:06	Jarett Dillard 25 Yd Pass From Chase Clement (Clark Fangmeier Kick)	14	14
	TD	01:18	Damaris Johnson 20 Yd Pass From David Johnson (Jarod Tracy Kick)	14	21
THIRD QUARTER				RICE	TLSA
	TD	14:12	Slick Shelley 25 Yd Punt Return (Jarod Tracy Kick)	14	28
	TD	11:58	Charles Clay 21 Yd Pass From David Johnson (Jarod Tracy Kick)	14	35
	TD	06:20	Taylor Wardlow 2 Yd Pass From James Casey (Clark Fangmeier Kick)	21	35
	TD	02:05	Charles Clay 2 Yd Pass From David Johnson (Jarod Tracy Kick)	21	42
FOURTH QUARTER				RICE	TLSA
	TD	14:28	Courtney Tennial 1 Yd Run (Jarod Tracy Kick)	21	49
	TD	09:49	A.J. Whitmore 9 Yd Run (Jarod Tracy Kick)	21	56
	TD	08:39	James Casey 6 Yd Pass From Chase Clement (Clark Fangmeier Kick)	28	56
	TD	05:54	Charles Opeseyitan 35 Yd Run (Jarod Tracy Kick)	28	63

TULSA, Okla. -- David Johnson threw for 177 yards and four touchdowns and A.J. Whitmore had 83 yards and two scores as Tulsa shook off Rice in the second half and rolled to a 63-28 victory Saturday night.

The Golden Hurricane (5-0, 2-0 Conference USA) had a 21-14 halftime lead when they broke open the game early in the third quarter. Tulsa's Slick Shelley caught a rollout punt from Rice punter Kyle Martens at the Rice 25 and raced to the end zone.

Then Kenny Sims picked off Chase Clement, setting up a Tulsa drive capped by Johnson's 21-yard pass to Charles Clay for the score.

Rice cut the lead to 35-21, but the Golden Hurricane defense limited the Owls (3-3, 2-1 CUSA) to one more score after that.

Clement completed 22 of 42 passes for 321 yards and two touchdowns, but besides being intercepted, he fumbled once and was sacked three times.

Tarrion Adams led all rushers with 112 yards and Charles Opeseyitan had 93. The Golden Hurricane piled up 577 yards, including a season-high 386 on the ground.

Despite the outcome, the first half was competitive. Tulsa, scored on a 15-yard run by Whitmore and Johnson's touchdown passes of 7 yards to Brennan Marion and 20 yards to Damaris Johnson.

Rice countered with a 2-yard run by James Casey and a 25-yard strike from Clement to Jarett Dillard, his 51st career touchdown reception. That broke an NCAA record of 50 held by Troy Edwards of Louisiana Tech.

It was the 42nd time Dillard and Clements have hooked up for a touchdown reception, adding to their NCAA mark set the previous week.

Tulsa scored more than 50 points in its fourth consecutive game, something that hasn't happened since the 1919 season.